Dynamic resource allocation engine

ABSTRACT

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for dynamic resource allocation based on vehicle route selection. The present invention is configured to receive an origin and a destination for a user; determine travel routes for the user; determine resource distribution entities along the one or more travel routes; determine resources associated with the resource distribution entities; display the travel routes, the resource distribution entities along each of the travel routes, and the resources associated with each of the resource distribution entities; receive a user selection of at least one of the travel routes; and distribute the resources to the computing device of the user along the at least one of the one or more travel routes selected by the user.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention embraces a system for dynamic resource allocationbased on vehicle route selection.

BACKGROUND

Vehicles are commonly used by individuals to perform a variety ofactivities. Modern transportation grids allow individuals to traversemultiple travel routes between the origin and destination, with manyresource distribution entities being located along these travel routes.

There is a need for a system for dynamic resource allocation based onvehicle route selection.

SUMMARY

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more embodimentsof the present invention, in order to provide a basic understanding ofsuch embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview of allcontemplated embodiments, and is intended to neither identify key orcritical elements of all embodiments nor delineate the scope of any orall embodiments. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one ormore embodiments of the present invention in a simplified form as aprelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In one aspect, a system for dynamic resource allocation based on vehicleroute selection is presented. The system comprising: at least onenon-transitory storage device; and at least one processing devicecoupled to the at least one non-transitory storage device, wherein theat least one processing device is configured to: electronically receive,from an onboard computing device associated with a vehicle, an originand a destination for a user; determine one or more travel routes forthe user based on at least receiving the origin and the destination;determine one or more resource distribution entities along the one ormore travel routes; determine one or more resources associated with theone or more resource distribution entities; transmit control signalsconfigured to cause a computing device of the user to display the one ormore travel routes, the one or more resource distribution entities alongeach of the one or more travel routes, and the one or more resourcesassociated with each of the one or more resource distribution entities;electronically receive, from the computing device of the user, inputsignals indicating a user selection of at least one of the one or moretravel routes; transmit control signals configured to cause the onboardcomputing device to display the at least one of the one or more travelroutes selected by the user; and initiate a distribution of the one ormore resources associated with the one or more resource distributionentities to the computing device of the user along the at least one ofthe one or more travel routes selected by the user.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to electronically receive, from the computing device of theuser, the origin and destination.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to determine the one or more travel routes for the user,wherein determining further comprises implementing one or moreoptimization algorithms on the one or more travel routes with one ormore factoring parameters, wherein the one or more factoring parameterscomprises maximizing a value of the one or more resources associatedwith the one or more resource distribution entities along the one ormore travel routes and minimizing an estimated amount of time to travelfrom the origin to the destination.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: electronically receive, from the computing device of theuser, input signals indicating a user selection of at least one of theone or more resource distribution entities; and determine the one ormore travel routes based on at least the user selection of the at leastone of the one or more resource distribution entities.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: electronically receive, from the computing device of theuser, input signals indicating as user selection of one or more resourcetypes associated with the one or more resources; determine at least oneof the one or more resource distribution entities with at least one ofthe one or more resources associated with the one or more resourcetypes; and determine the one or more travel routes based on the at leastone of the one or more resource distribution entities with at least oneof the one or more resources associated with the one or more resourcetypes.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: electronically receive, from the computing device of theuser, the origin and the destination; initiate transmission of theorigin and the destination to a computing device associated with avehicle provider; electronically receive, from the computing deviceassociated with the vehicle provider, availability of one or morevehicles for each of the one or more travel routes for the user; andtransmit control signals configured to cause the computing device of theuser to display the one or more travel routes and the availability ofthe one or more vehicles for each of the one or more travel routes; andelectronically receive, from the computing device of the user, inputsignals indicating the user selection of at least one of the one or moretravel routes and at least one of the one or more vehicles available forthe at least one of the one or more travel routes.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: transmit control signals configured to cause the one ormore computing devices of the one or more resource distribution entitiesto receive the user selection of the at least one of the one or moretravel routes; electronically receive, from the one or more computingdevices of the one or more resource distribution entities, the one ormore resources to be distributed to the user; and transmit controlsignals configured to cause the computing device of the user to receivethe one or more resources.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: electronically receive, from the onboard computing deviceassociated with the vehicle and/or the computing device of the user, areal-time location information of the user along the at least one of theone or more travel routes selected by the user; determine locationinformation associated with the one or more resource distributionentities along the at least one of the one or more travel routesselected by the user; and transmit control signals configured to causethe computing device associated with the one or more resourcedistribution entities to distribute the one or more resources when thereal-time location information of the user indicates that the user iswithin a predetermined distance from the location information associatedwith the one or more resource distribution entities.

In some embodiments, the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: establish a communication link with one or more resourcerepositories associated with the one or more resource distributionentities; electronically receive, the one or more resources from the oneor more resource repositories; and initiate a distribution of the one ormore resources from the one or more resource repositories to thecomputing device associated with the user when the real-time locationinformation of the user indicates that the user is within apredetermined distance from the location information associated with theone or more resource distribution entities.

In some embodiments, the location information associated with the one ormore resource distribution entities comprises at least a location of oneor more billboard advertisements associated with the one or moreresource distribution entities.

In some embodiments, the one or more resources comprises at least one ormore offers for the one or more resources associated with the one ormore resource distribution entities.

In another aspect, a computer-implemented method for dynamic resourceallocation based on vehicle route selection is presented. The methodcomprising: electronically receiving, from an onboard computing deviceassociated with a vehicle, an origin and a destination for a user;determining one or more travel routes for the user based on at leastreceiving the origin and the destination; determining one or moreresource distribution entities along the one or more travel routes;determining one or more resources associated with the one or moreresource distribution entities; transmitting control signals configuredto cause a computing device of the user to display the one or moretravel routes, the one or more resource distribution entities along eachof the one or more travel routes, and the one or more resourcesassociated with each of the one or more resource distribution entities;electronically receiving, from the computing device of the user, inputsignals indicating a user selection of at least one of the one or moretravel routes; transmitting control signals configured to cause theonboard computing device to display the at least one of the one or moretravel routes selected by the user; and initiating a distribution of theone or more resources associated with the one or more resourcedistribution entities to the computing device of the user along the atleast one of the one or more travel routes selected by the user.

In yet another aspect, a computer program product for dynamic resourceallocation based on vehicle route selection is presented. The computerprogram product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable mediumcomprising code causing a first apparatus to: electronically receive,from an onboard computing device associated with a vehicle, an originand a destination for a user; determine one or more travel routes forthe user based on at least receiving the origin and the destination;determine one or more resource distribution entities along the one ormore travel routes; determine one or more resources associated with theone or more resource distribution entities; transmit control signalsconfigured to cause a computing device of the user to display the one ormore travel routes, the one or more resource distribution entities alongeach of the one or more travel routes, and the one or more resourcesassociated with each of the one or more resource distribution entities;electronically receive, from the computing device of the user, inputsignals indicating a user selection of at least one of the one or moretravel routes; transmit control signals configured to cause the onboardcomputing device to display the at least one of the one or more travelroutes selected by the user; and initiate a distribution of the one ormore resources associated with the one or more resource distributionentities to the computing device of the user along the at least one ofthe one or more travel routes selected by the user.

The features, functions, and advantages that have been discussed may beachieved independently in various embodiments of the present inventionor may be combined with yet other embodiments, further details of whichcan be seen with reference to the following description and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Having thus described embodiments of the invention in general terms,reference will now be made the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates technical components of a system for dynamic resourceallocation based on vehicle route selection, in accordance with anembodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a process flow for dynamic resource allocation basedon vehicle route selection, in accordance with an embodiment of theinvention; and

FIG. 3 illustrates a system flow for dynamic resource allocation basedon vehicle route selection, in accordance with an embodiment of theinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fullyhereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some,but not all, embodiments of the invention are shown. Indeed, theinvention may be embodied in many different forms and should not beconstrued as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, theseembodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicablelegal requirements. Where possible, any terms expressed in the singularform herein are meant to also include the plural form and vice versa,unless explicitly stated otherwise. Also, as used herein, the term “a”and/or “an” shall mean “one or more,” even though the phrase “one ormore” is also used herein. Furthermore, when it is said herein thatsomething is “based on” something else, it may be based on one or moreother things as well. In other words, unless expressly indicatedotherwise, as used herein “based on” means “based at least in part on”or “based at least partially on.” Like numbers refer to like elementsthroughout.

As used herein, an “entity” may be any institution employing informationtechnology resources and particularly technology infrastructureconfigured for processing large amounts of data. Typically, these datacan be related to the people who work for the organization, its productsor services, the customers or any other aspect of the operations of theorganization. As such, the entity may be any institution, group,association, financial institution, establishment, company, union,authority or the like, employing information technology resources forprocessing large amounts of data.

As described herein, a “user” may be an individual associated with anentity. As such, in some embodiments, the user may be an individualhaving past relationships, current relationships or potential futurerelationships with an entity. In some embodiments, a “user” may be anemployee (e.g., an associate, a project manager, an IT specialist, amanager, an administrator, an internal operations analyst, or the like)of the entity or enterprises affiliated with the entity, capable ofoperating the systems described herein. In some embodiments, a “user”may be any individual, entity or system who has a relationship with theentity, such as a customer or a prospective customer. In otherembodiments, a user may be a system performing one or more tasksdescribed herein.

As used herein, a “user interface” may be any device or software thatallows a user to input information, such as commands or data, into adevice, or that allows the device to output information to the user. Forexample, the user interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) oran interface to input computer-executable instructions that direct aprocessing device to carry out specific functions. The user interfacetypically employs certain input and output devices to input datareceived from a user second user or output data to a user. These inputand output devices may include a display, mouse, keyboard, button,touchpad, touch screen, microphone, speaker, LED, light, joystick,switch, buzzer, bell, and/or other user input/output device forcommunicating with one or more users.

As used herein, an “engine” may refer to core elements of a computerprogram, or part of a computer program that serves as a foundation for alarger piece of software and drives the functionality of the software.An engine may be self-contained, but externally-controllable code thatencapsulates powerful logic designed to perform or execute a specifictype of function. In one aspect, an engine may be underlying source codethat establishes file hierarchy, input and output methods, and how aspecific part of a computer program interacts or communicates with othersoftware and/or hardware. The specific components of an engine may varybased on the needs of the specific computer program as part of thelarger piece of software. In some embodiments, an engine may beconfigured to retrieve resources created in other computer programs,which may then be ported into the engine for use during specificoperational aspects of the engine. An engine may be configurable to beimplemented within any general purpose computing system. In doing so,the engine may be configured to execute source code embedded therein tocontrol specific features of the general purpose computing system toexecute specific computing operations, thereby transforming the generalpurpose system into a specific purpose computing system.

As used herein, a “resource” may generally refer to objects, products,devices, goods, commodities, services, and the like, and/or the abilityand opportunity to access and use the same. Some example implementationsherein contemplate property held by a user, including property that isstored and/or maintained by a third-party entity. In some exampleimplementations, a resource may be associated with one or more accountsor may be property that is not associated with a specific account.Examples of resources associated with accounts may be accounts that havecash or cash equivalents, commodities, offers, discounts, and/oraccounts that are funded with or contain property, such as safetydeposit boxes containing jewelry, art or other valuables, a trustaccount that is funded with property, or the like.

As used herein, a “resource transfer” may refer to any transaction,activities or communication between one or more entities, or between theuser and the one or more entities. A resource transfer may refer to anydistribution of resources such as, but not limited to, a payment,processing of funds, purchase of goods or services, a return of goods orservices, a payment transaction, a credit transaction, or otherinteractions involving a user's resource or account. In the context ofan entity such as a financial institution, a resource transfer may referto one or more of: a sale of goods and/or services, initiating anautomated teller machine (ATM) or online banking session, an accountbalance inquiry, a rewards transfer, an account money transfer orwithdrawal, opening a bank application on a user's computer or mobiledevice, a user accessing their e-wallet, or any other interactioninvolving the user and/or the user's device that invokes or isdetectable by the financial institution. In some embodiments, the usermay authorize a resource transfer using at least a payment instrument(credit cards, debit cards, checks, digital wallets, currency, loyaltypoints), and/or payment credentials (account numbers, payment instrumentidentifiers). A resource transfer may include one or more of thefollowing: renting, selling, and/or leasing goods and/or services (e.g.,groceries, stamps, tickets, DVDs, vending machine items, and the like);making payments to creditors (e.g., paying monthly bills; payingfederal, state, and/or local taxes; and the like); sending remittances;loading money onto stored value cards (SVCs) and/or prepaid cards;donating to charities; and/or the like. Unless specifically limited bythe context, a “resource transfer” a “transaction”, “transaction event”or “point of transaction event” may refer to any activity between auser, a merchant, an entity, or any combination thereof. In someembodiments, a resource transfer or transaction may refer to financialtransactions involving direct or indirect movement of funds throughtraditional paper transaction processing systems (i.e. paper checkprocessing) or through electronic transaction processing systems. Inthis regard, resource transfers or transactions may refer to the userinitiating a purchase for a product, service, or the like from amerchant. Typical financial transactions include point of sale (POS)transactions, automated teller machine (ATM) transactions,person-to-person (P2P) transfers, internet transactions, onlineshopping, electronic funds transfers between accounts, transactions witha financial institution teller, personal checks, conducting purchasesusing loyalty/rewards points etc. When discussing that resourcetransfers or transactions are evaluated it could mean that thetransaction has already occurred, is in the process of occurring orbeing processed, or it has yet to be processed/posted by one or morefinancial institutions. In some embodiments, a resource transfer ortransaction may refer to non-financial activities of the user. In thisregard, the transaction may be a customer account event, such as but notlimited to the customer changing a password, ordering new checks, addingnew accounts, opening new accounts, adding or modifying accountparameters/restrictions, modifying a payee list associated with one ormore accounts, setting up automatic payments, performing/modifyingauthentication procedures and/or credentials, and the like. For purposesof this invention, resource transfer may also be referred to as“resource distribution” or “resource allocation.”

As used herein, “payment instrument” may refer to an electronic paymentvehicle, such as an electronic credit or debit card. The paymentinstrument may not be a “card” at all and may instead be accountidentifying information stored electronically in a user device, such aspayment credentials or tokens/aliases associated with a digital wallet,or account identifiers stored by a mobile application. In accordancewith embodiments of the invention, the term “module” with respect to anapparatus may refer to a hardware component of the apparatus, a softwarecomponent of the apparatus, or a component of the apparatus thatcomprises both hardware and software. In accordance with embodiments ofthe invention, the term “chip” may refer to an integrated circuit, amicroprocessor, a system-on-a-chip, a microcontroller, or the like thatmay either be integrated into the external apparatus or may be insertedand removed from the external apparatus by a user.

As used herein, “authentication credentials” may be any information thatcan be used to identify of a user. For example, a system may prompt auser to enter authentication information such as a username, a password,a personal identification number (PIN), a passcode, biometricinformation (e.g., voice authentication, a fingerprint, and/or a retinascan), an answer to a security question, a unique intrinsic useractivity, such as making a predefined motion with a user device. Thisauthentication information may be used to authenticate the identity ofthe user (e.g., determine that the authentication information isassociated with the account) and determine that the user has authorityto access an account or system. In some embodiments, the system may beowned or operated by an entity. In such embodiments, the entity mayemploy additional computer systems, such as authentication servers, tovalidate and certify resources inputted by the plurality of users withinthe system. The system may further use its authentication servers tocertify the identity of users of the system, such that other users mayverify the identity of the certified users. In some embodiments, theentity may certify the identity of the users. Furthermore,authentication information or permission may be assigned to or requiredfrom a user, application, computing node, computing cluster, or the liketo access stored data within at least a portion of the system.

As used herein, an “interaction” may refer to any communication betweenone or more users, one or more entities or institutions, and/or one ormore devices, nodes, clusters, or systems within the system environmentdescribed herein. For example, an interaction may refer to a transfer ofdata between devices, an accessing of stored data by one or more nodesof a computing cluster, a transmission of a requested task, or the like.

FIG. 1 presents an exemplary block diagram of the system environment fordynamic resource allocation based on vehicle route selection 100, inaccordance with an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 1 provides a uniquesystem that includes specialized servers and system communicably linkedacross a distributive network of nodes required to perform the functionsof the process flows described herein in accordance with embodiments ofthe present invention.

As illustrated, the system environment 100 includes a network 110, asystem 130, and a user input system 140. Also shown in FIG. 1 is a userof the user input system 140. The user input system 140 may be a mobiledevice or other non-mobile computing device. The user may be a personwho uses the user input system 140 to execute resource transfers usingone or more applications stored thereon. The one or more applicationsmay be configured to communicate with the system 130, execute atransaction, input information onto a user interface presented on theuser input system 140, or the like. The applications stored on the userinput system 140 and the system 130 may incorporate one or more parts ofany process flow described herein.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the system 130, and the user input system 140 areeach operatively and selectively connected to the network 110, which mayinclude one or more separate networks. In addition, the network 110 mayinclude a telecommunication network, local area network (LAN), a widearea network (WAN), and/or a global area network (GAN), such as theInternet. It will also be understood that the network 110 may be secureand/or unsecure and may also include wireless and/or wired and/oroptical interconnection technology.

In some embodiments, the system 130 and the user input system 140 may beused to implement the processes described herein, including themobile-side and server-side processes for installing a computer programfrom a mobile device to a computer, in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present invention. The system 130 is intended to represent variousforms of digital computers, such as laptops, desktops, workstations,personal digital assistants, servers, blade servers, mainframes, andother appropriate computers. The user input system 140 is intended torepresent various forms of mobile devices, such as personal digitalassistants, cellular telephones, smartphones, and other similarcomputing devices. The components shown here, their connections andrelationships, and their functions, are meant to be exemplary only, andare not meant to limit implementations of the inventions describedand/or claimed in this document.

In accordance with some embodiments, the system 130 may include aprocessor 102, memory 104, a storage device 106, a high-speed interface108 connecting to memory 104, and a low-speed interface 112 connectingto low speed bus 114 and storage device 106. Each of the components 102,104, 106, 108, 111, and 112 are interconnected using various buses, andmay be mounted on a common motherboard or in other manners asappropriate. The processor 102 can process instructions for executionwithin the system 130, including instructions stored in the memory 104or on the storage device 106 to display graphical information for a GUIon an external input/output device, such as display 116 coupled to ahigh-speed interface 108. In other implementations, multiple processorsand/or multiple buses may be used, as appropriate, along with multiplememories and types of memory. Also, multiple systems, same or similar tosystem 130 may be connected, with each system providing portions of thenecessary operations (e.g., as a server bank, a group of blade servers,or a multi-processor system). In some embodiments, the system 130 may bea server managed by the business. The system 130 may be located at thefacility associated with the business or remotely from the facilityassociated with the business.

The memory 104 stores information within the system 130. In oneimplementation, the memory 104 is a volatile memory unit or units, suchas volatile random access memory (RAM) having a cache area for thetemporary storage of information. In another implementation, the memory104 is a non-volatile memory unit or units. The memory 104 may also beanother form of computer-readable medium, such as a magnetic or opticaldisk, which may be embedded and/or may be removable. The non-volatilememory may additionally or alternatively include an EEPROM, flashmemory, and/or the like. The memory 104 may store any one or more ofpieces of information and data used by the system in which it resides toimplement the functions of that system. In this regard, the system maydynamically utilize the volatile memory over the non-volatile memory bystoring multiple pieces of information in the volatile memory, therebyreducing the load on the system and increasing the processing speed.

The storage device 106 is capable of providing mass storage for thesystem 130. In one aspect, the storage device 106 may be or contain acomputer-readable medium, such as a floppy disk device, a hard diskdevice, an optical disk device, or a tape device, a flash memory orother similar solid state memory device, or an array of devices,including devices in a storage area network or other configurations. Acomputer program product can be tangibly embodied in an informationcarrier. The computer program product may also contain instructionsthat, when executed, perform one or more methods, such as thosedescribed above. The information carrier may be a non-transitorycomputer- or machine-readable storage medium, such as the memory 104,the storage device 104, or memory on processor 102.

In some embodiments, the system 130 may be configured to access, via the110, a number of other computing devices (not shown). In this regard,the system 130 may be configured to access one or more storage devicesand/or one or more memory devices associated with each of the othercomputing devices. In this way, the system 130 may implement dynamicallocation and de-allocation of local memory resources among multiplecomputing devices in a parallel or distributed system. Given a group ofcomputing devices and a collection of interconnected local memorydevices, the fragmentation of memory resources is rendered irrelevant byconfiguring the system 130 to dynamically allocate memory based onavailability of memory either locally, or in any of the other computingdevices accessible via the network. In effect, it appears as though thememory is being allocated from a central pool of memory, even though thespace is distributed throughout the system. This method of dynamicallyallocating memory provides increased flexibility when the data sizechanges during the lifetime of an application, and allows memory reusefor better utilization of the memory resources when the data sizes arelarge.

The high-speed interface 1408 manages bandwidth-intensive operations forthe system 130, while the low speed controller 112 manages lowerbandwidth-intensive operations. Such allocation of functions isexemplary only. In some embodiments, the high-speed interface 108 iscoupled to memory 104, display 116 (e.g., through a graphics processoror accelerator), and to high-speed expansion ports 111, which may acceptvarious expansion cards (not shown). In such an implementation,low-speed controller 112 is coupled to storage device 106 and low-speedexpansion port 114. The low-speed expansion port 114, which may includevarious communication ports (e.g., USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, wirelessEthernet), may be coupled to one or more input/output devices, such as akeyboard, a pointing device, a scanner, or a networking device such as aswitch or router, e.g., through a network adapter.

The system 130 may be implemented in a number of different forms, asshown in FIG. 1 . For example, it may be implemented as a standardserver, or multiple times in a group of such servers. Additionally, thesystem 130 may also be implemented as part of a rack server system or apersonal computer such as a laptop computer. Alternatively, componentsfrom system 130 may be combined with one or more other same or similarsystems and an entire system 140 may be made up of multiple computingdevices communicating with each other.

FIG. 1 also illustrates a user input system 140, in accordance with anembodiment of the invention. The user input system 140 includes aprocessor 152, memory 154, an input/output device such as a display 156,a communication interface 158, and a transceiver 160, among othercomponents. The user input system 140 may also be provided with astorage device, such as a microdrive or other device, to provideadditional storage. Each of the components 152, 154, 158, and 160, areinterconnected using various buses, and several of the components may bemounted on a common motherboard or in other manners as appropriate.

The processor 152 is configured to execute instructions within the userinput system 140, including instructions stored in the memory 154. Theprocessor may be implemented as a chipset of chips that include separateand multiple analog and digital processors. The processor may beconfigured to provide, for example, for coordination of the othercomponents of the user input system 140, such as control of userinterfaces, applications run by user input system 140, and wirelesscommunication by user input system 140.

The processor 152 may be configured to communicate with the user throughcontrol interface 164 and display interface 166 coupled to a display156. The display 156 may be, for example, a TFT LCD(Thin-Film-Transistor Liquid Crystal Display) or an OLED (Organic LightEmitting Diode) display, or other appropriate display technology. Thedisplay interface 156 may comprise appropriate circuitry and configuredfor driving the display 156 to present graphical and other informationto a user. The control interface 164 may receive commands from a userand convert them for submission to the processor 152. In addition, anexternal interface 168 may be provided in communication with processor152, so as to enable near area communication of user input system 140with other devices. External interface 168 may provide, for example, forwired communication in some implementations, or for wirelesscommunication in other implementations, and multiple interfaces may alsobe used.

The memory 154 stores information within the user input system 140. Thememory 154 can be implemented as one or more of a computer-readablemedium or media, a volatile memory unit or units, or a non-volatilememory unit or units. Expansion memory may also be provided andconnected to user input system 140 through an expansion interface (notshown), which may include, for example, a SIMM (Single In Line MemoryModule) card interface. Such expansion memory may provide extra storagespace for user input system 140, or may also store applications or otherinformation therein. In some embodiments, expansion memory may includeinstructions to carry out or supplement the processes described above,and may include secure information also. For example, expansion memorymay be provided as a security module for user input system 140, and maybe programmed with instructions that permit secure use of user inputsystem 140. In addition, secure applications may be provided via theSIMM cards, along with additional information, such as placingidentifying information on the SIMM card in a non-hackable manner. Insome embodiments, the user may use the applications to execute processesdescribed with respect to the process flows described herein.Specifically, the application executes the process flows describedherein. It will be understood that the one or more applications storedin the system 130 and/or the user computing system 140 may interact withone another and may be configured to implement any one or more portionsof the various user interfaces and/or process flow described herein.

The memory 154 may include, for example, flash memory and/or NVRAMmemory. In one aspect, a computer program product is tangibly embodiedin an information carrier. The computer program product containsinstructions that, when executed, perform one or more methods, such asthose described herein. The information carrier is a computer- ormachine-readable medium, such as the memory 154, expansion memory,memory on processor 152, or a propagated signal that may be received,for example, over transceiver 160 or external interface 168.

In some embodiments, the user may use the user input system 140 totransmit and/or receive information or commands to and from the system130. In this regard, the system 130 may be configured to establish acommunication link with the user input system 140, whereby thecommunication link establishes a data channel (wired or wireless) tofacilitate the transfer of data between the user input system 140 andthe system 130. In doing so, the system 130 may be configured to accessone or more aspects of the user input system 140, such as, a GPS device,an image capturing component (e.g., camera), a microphone, a speaker, orthe like.

The user input system 140 may communicate with the system 130 (and oneor more other devices) wirelessly through communication interface 158,which may include digital signal processing circuitry where necessary.Communication interface 158 may provide for communications under variousmodes or protocols, such as GSM voice calls, SMS, EMS, or MMS messaging,CDMA, TDMA, PDC, WCDMA, CDMA2000, or GPRS, among others. Suchcommunication may occur, for example, through radio-frequencytransceiver 160. In addition, short-range communication may occur, suchas using a Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or other such transceiver (not shown). Inaddition, GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver module 170 mayprovide additional navigation—and location-related wireless data to userinput system 140, which may be used as appropriate by applicationsrunning thereon, and in some embodiments, one or more applicationsoperating on the system 130.

The user input system 140 may also communicate audibly using audio codec162, which may receive spoken information from a user and convert it tousable digital information. Audio codec 162 may likewise generateaudible sound for a user, such as through a speaker, e.g., in a handsetof user input system 140. Such sound may include sound from voicetelephone calls, may include recorded sound (e.g., voice messages, musicfiles, etc.) and may also include sound generated by one or moreapplications operating on the user input system 140, and in someembodiments, one or more applications operating on the system 130.

In some embodiments, the system environment 100 may include an onboardcomputing system associated with a vehicle (not shown) and one or morecomputing devices associated with the resource distribution entities(not shown). Both the onboard computing system and the one or morecomputing devices associated with the resource distribution entities areeach operatively and selectively connected to the network 110 andcapable of transmitting information to and receiving information fromthe system 130 and the user input system 140.

Various implementations of the systems and techniques described here canbe realized in digital electronic circuitry, integrated circuitry,specially designed ASICs (application specific integrated circuits),computer hardware, firmware, software, and/or combinations thereof.These various implementations can include implementation in one or morecomputer programs that are executable and/or interpretable on aprogrammable system including at least one programmable processor, whichmay be special or general purpose, coupled to receive data andinstructions from, and to transmit data and instructions to, a storagesystem, at least one input device, and at least one output device.

These computer programs (also known as programs, software, softwareapplications or code) include machine instructions for a programmableprocessor, and can be implemented in a high-level procedural and/orobject-oriented programming language, and/or in assembly/machinelanguage. As used herein, the terms “machine-readable medium”“computer-readable medium” refers to any computer program product,apparatus and/or device (e.g., magnetic discs, optical disks, memory,Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)) used to provide machine instructionsand/or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readablemedium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal.The term “machine-readable signal” refers to any signal used to providemachine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor.

To provide for interaction with a user, the systems and techniquesdescribed here can be implemented on a computer having a display device(e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor)for displaying information to the user and a keyboard and a pointingdevice (e.g., a mouse or a trackball) by which the user can provideinput to the computer. Other kinds of devices can be used to provide forinteraction with a user as well; for example, feedback provided to theuser can be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback,auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user can bereceived in any form, including acoustic, speech, or tactile input.

The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in acomputing system that includes a back end component (e.g., as a dataserver), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an applicationserver), or that includes a front end component (e.g., a client computerhaving a graphical user interface or a Web browser through which a usercan interact with an implementation of the systems and techniquesdescribed here), or any combination of such back end, middleware, orfront end components. The components of the system can be interconnectedby any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., acommunication network). Examples of communication networks include alocal area network (“LAN”), a wide area network (“WAN”), and theInternet.

The computing system can include clients and servers. A client andserver are generally remote from each other and typically interactthrough a communication network. The relationship of client and serverarises by virtue of computer programs running on the respectivecomputers and having a client-server relationship to each other.

It will be understood that the embodiment of the system environmentillustrated in FIG. 1 is exemplary and that other embodiments may vary.As another example, in some embodiments, the system 130 includes more,less, or different components. As another example, in some embodiments,some or all of the portions of the system environment 100 may becombined into a single portion. Likewise, in some embodiments, some orall of the portions of the system 130 may be separated into two or moredistinct portions.

The system of this invention allows resource distribution entities(e.g., merchant entities) to subsidize rides offered by vehicle servicesystems. If a user is travelling from an origin (Point A) to adestination (Point B), the system identifies resources (e.g., offers,discounts, subsidies, and/or the like) associated with the locationinformation of the resource distribution entities (e.g., advertisementlocations associated with a merchant entity) along the travel route andsuggests travel routes to the user. The system then allows the resourcedistribution entities to subsidize the ride for the user from Point A toPoint B if the user chooses the ride and/or travel routes suggested bythe system. The system accesses the onboard computing device associatedwith the vehicle and/or computing device of the user to identifylocation of the user in real-time and as soon as the user approaches thelocation of the merchant, the system automatically distributes (e.g.,credits) resources (e.g., funds) provided by the resource distributionentities to the computing device of the user. In one aspect, the amountof funds credited to the computing device of the user may be associatedwith the advertisement locations of the resource distribution entities.In some cases, the system also allows resource distributed entities tosubsidize public transit rides. In some embodiments, the system alsooptimizes the travel routes to cover specific, or every resourcedistribution entity along the travel route. In some embodiments, thesystem also allows the resource distribution entities to furtherdistribute resources (e.g., subsidize the ride by crediting additionalfunds) to the computing device of the user if the user executes aresource transfer with the resource distribution entities, i.e.,executes a transaction with the merchant entity.

FIG. 2 illustrates a process flow for dynamic resource allocation basedon vehicle route selection 200, in accordance with an embodiment of theinvention. As shown in block 202, the process flow includeselectronically receiving, from an onboard computing device associatedwith a vehicle, an origin and a destination for a user. In someembodiments, the system may be configured to electronically receive,from the computing device of the user, the origin and destination. Asused herein, “origin” may refer to the point or place where the user'stravel route begins. In one aspect, the origin of the user's travelroute may be the user's current geographical location. In this regard,the system may be configured to automatically determine, using alocation determining device associated with the computing device of theuser, the current location of the user. In some embodiments, the systemmay be configured to receive, via the computing device of the user,input signals indicating the current location of the user. As usedherein, “destination” may refer to a specific place to which the user isgoing or being sent. In embodiments where the origin and the destinationfor the user is received from the onboard computing device associatedwith the vehicle, the user first enters the origin and destinationinformation into the onboard computing device manually. In thealternative, the onboard computing device associated with the vehicleelectronically receives the information by communicating with thecomputing device of the user.

Next, as shown in block 204, the process flow includes determiningtravel routes for the user based on at least receiving the origin anddestination. In some embodiments, the system may be configured tocommunicate with one or more traffic monitoring systems to determine thetravel routes. In response, the system may be configured toelectronically receive, from the traffic monitoring systems, the currenttraffic information to determine the travel routes. In some embodiments,the system may be configured to initiate the transmission of the originand destination to a computing device associated with a vehicle providerin response to receiving the origin and destination information from theuser. In some embodiments, the vehicle provider may refer to an entitythat owns or leases a group of motor vehicles. Examples of vehicleprovider may include, but is not limited to, car rental companies,taxicab companies, public utilities, public bus companies, and/or thelike. In some embodiments, the vehicle provider may refer to atransportation network entity or a mobility service provider thatmatches passengers with vehicles, via websites and/or mobileapplications. In some embodiments, the system may be configured toinitiate the transmission of the travel routes to the vehicle provider.In some other embodiments, the computing device associated with thevehicle provider may be able to determine the travel routes based on atleast receiving the origin and destination. In some embodiments, thesystem may be configured to electronically receive, from the computingdevice associated with the vehicle provider, availability of one or morevehicles for each of the one or more travel routes for the user.

Next, as shown in block 206, the process flow includes determiningresource distribution entities along each of the travel routes. As usedherein, “resource distribution entities” may refer to one or moremerchant entities or one or more advertisements associated with the oneor more resource distribution entities. In one aspect, the one or moreadvertisements may include a billboard advertisement—a flat surface orboard, usually outdoors, on which large advertisements or notices areposted—located in one or more geographic locations. In some embodiments,in response to receiving the origin and the destination, the system maybe configured to transmit the origin and destination information to apoint-of-sale terminal of the one or more resource distributionentities.

Next, as shown in block 208, the process flow includes determiningresources associated with the resource distribution entities. In oneaspect, the resources associated with the resource distribution entitiesmay include, but are not limited to, offers, subsidies, discounts,allowance, concessions, rebates, deductions, and/or the like. In someembodiments, the offers may be associated with one or more goods and/orservices provided by the resource distribution entities. In some otherembodiments, the offers may not be associated with one or more goodsand/or services provided by the resource distribution entities, butrather are associated with other partnered resource distributionentities.

In some embodiments, the system may be configured to implement one ormore optimization algorithms on the travel routes for the user. Theoptimization algorithms are employed to solve the problem of finding thebest solution from a set of all feasible solutions. Here, theoptimization algorithms are implemented to identify the best travelroutes between the origin and the destination. In this regard, thesystem may be configured to determine the travel routes for the user byimplementing the optimization algorithms with factoring parameters. Inone aspect, the factoring parameters includes maximizing a value of theone or more resources associated with the one or more resourcedistribution entities along the one or more travel routes and minimizingan estimated amount of time to travel from the origin to thedestination.

In some embodiments, the system may be configured to electronicallyreceive, from the computing device of the user, input signals indicatinga user selection of at least one of the one or more resourcedistribution entities. In response, the system may be configured todetermine the one or more travel routes based on at least the userselection of the at least one of the one or more resource distributionentities. In some embodiments, the system may be configured toelectronically receive, from the computing device of the user, inputsignals indicating as user selection of one or more resource typesassociated with the one or more resources. In response, the system maybe configured to determine at least one of the one or more resourcedistribution entities with at least one of the one or more resourcesassociated with the one or more resource types. In response, the systemmay be configured to determine the one or more travel routes based onthe at least one of the one or more resource distribution entities withat least one of the one or more resources associated with the one ormore resource types.

Next, as shown in block 210, the process flow includes receiving a userselection of a travel route. In some embodiments, the system may beconfigured to transmit control signals configured to cause a computingdevice of the user to display the one or more travel routes, the one ormore resource distribution entities along each of the one or more travelroutes, and the one or more resources associated with each of the one ormore resource distribution entities. In one aspect, the system may beconfigured to electronically receive, from the computing device of theuser, input signals indicating a user selection of at least one of theone or more travel routes. In some embodiments, the system may beconfigured to transmit control signals configured to cause the one ormore computing devices of the one or more resource distribution entitiesto receive the user selection of the at least one of the one or moretravel routes. In response, the system may be configured toelectronically receive, from the one or more computing devices of theone or more resource distribution entities, the one or more resources tobe distributed to the user. In response to receiving the resources, thesystem may be configured to store the one or more resources in aresource repository.

Next, as shown in block 212, the process flow includes transmitting theselected travel route to the onboard computing device associated with avehicle. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to transmitcontrol signals configured to cause the onboard computing device todisplay the at least one of the one or more travel routes selected bythe user. In some embodiments, the system may be configured to transmitthe selected travel route on the computing device of the user.

Next, as shown in block 214, the process flow includes initiating adistribution of the resources associated with the resource distributionentities to the user along the travel route selected by the user. Inthis regard, the system may be configured to determine that the user hasbegun travelling along the selected travel route. In response, thesystem may be configured to electronically receive, from the onboardcomputing device associated with the vehicle and/or the computing deviceof the user, a real-time location information of the user along the atleast one of the one or more travel routes selected by the user. Next,the system may be configured to determine location informationassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities along theat least one of the one or more travel routes selected by the user. Inresponse, the system may be configured to transmit control signalsconfigured to cause the computing device associated with the one or moreresource distribution entities to distribute the one or more resourceswhen the real-time location information of the user indicates that theuser is within a predetermined distance from the location informationassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities. In thisregard, the system may be configured to establish a communication linkwith one or more resource repositories associated with the one or moreresource distribution entities. Next, the system may be configured toelectronically receive, the one or more resources from the one or moreresource repositories, and in response, initiate a distribution of theone or more resources from the one or more resource repositories to thecomputing device associated with the user when the real-time locationinformation of the user indicates that the user is within apredetermined distance from the location information associated with theone or more resource distribution entities. In some embodiments, inresponse to receiving the real-time location information of the user,the system may be configured to transmit the real-time locationinformation to a point-of-sale terminal of the one or more resourcedistribution entities, thereby enabling the one or more resourcedistribution entities to monitor the real-time location of the user.

FIG. 3 illustrates a system flow for dynamic resource allocation basedon vehicle route selection 300, in accordance with an embodiment of theinvention. As shown in step 302, the user may transmit a request for avehicle service to a vehicle provider using the user input system 140.In some embodiments, the request may include an origin and destinationof travel. The vehicle provider may, in response to receiving therequest, determine travel routes and vehicle availability, as shown instep 304. In response to receiving the request, the system 130 may beconfigured to determine resource distribution entities along each travelroute, as shown in step 306. Once the resource distribution entities aredetermined, the system 130 may be configured to receive resources fromthe resource distribution entities determined to be along the travelroute, as shown in step 308. In response to receiving the resources, thesystem 130 may be configured to store the resources in a resourcerepository, as shown in step 310. In response to determining the travelroutes and vehicle availability, the vehicle provider may process thetravel routes and available resource distribution entities, as shown instep 312. In this regard, the system may be configured to implementoptimization algorithms on the various travel routes to determine theoptimal travel routes for the user. Next, in response to processing thetravel routes, the system 130 may display the travel routes on the userinput system 140 for user selection. The user may then select a travelroute. In response to the user selecting the travel route, the vehicleprovider may notify the resource distribution entities of the userselection of the travel route, as shown in step 316. In response, thevehicle provider may retrieve the user location tracking information todetermine distribution of resources, as shown in step 318. This locationinformation is then transmitted to the resource distribution entities toinitiate distribution of resources, as shown in step 320.

As will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art in view ofthis disclosure, the present invention may include and/or be embodied asan apparatus (including, for example, a system, machine, device,computer program product, and/or the like), as a method (including, forexample, a business method, computer-implemented process, and/or thelike), or as any combination of the foregoing. Accordingly, embodimentsof the present invention may take the form of an entirely businessmethod embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware,resident software, micro-code, stored procedures in a database, or thelike), an entirely hardware embodiment, or an embodiment combiningbusiness method, software, and hardware aspects that may generally bereferred to herein as a “system.” Furthermore, embodiments of thepresent invention may take the form of a computer program product thatincludes a computer-readable storage medium having one or morecomputer-executable program code portions stored therein. As usedherein, a processor, which may include one or more processors, may be“configured to” perform a certain function in a variety of ways,including, for example, by having one or more general-purpose circuitsperform the function by executing one or more computer-executableprogram code portions embodied in a computer-readable medium, and/or byhaving one or more application-specific circuits perform the function.

It will be understood that any suitable computer-readable medium may beutilized. The computer-readable medium may include, but is not limitedto, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, such as a tangibleelectronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, and/orsemiconductor system, device, and/or other apparatus. For example, insome embodiments, the non-transitory computer-readable medium includes atangible medium such as a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, arandom access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), a compact discread-only memory (CD-ROM), and/or some other tangible optical and/ormagnetic storage device. In other embodiments of the present invention,however, the computer-readable medium may be transitory, such as, forexample, a propagation signal including computer-executable program codeportions embodied therein.

One or more computer-executable program code portions for carrying outoperations of the present invention may include object-oriented,scripted, and/or unscripted programming languages, such as, for example,Java, Perl, Smalltalk, C++, SAS, SQL, Python, Objective C, JavaScript,and/or the like. In some embodiments, the one or morecomputer-executable program code portions for carrying out operations ofembodiments of the present invention are written in conventionalprocedural programming languages, such as the “C” programming languagesand/or similar programming languages. The computer program code mayalternatively or additionally be written in one or more multi-paradigmprogramming languages, such as, for example, F#.

Some embodiments of the present invention are described herein withreference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of apparatusand/or methods. It will be understood that each block included in theflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and/or combinations ofblocks included in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams,may be implemented by one or more computer-executable program codeportions. These one or more computer-executable program code portionsmay be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, specialpurpose computer, and/or some other programmable data processingapparatus in order to produce a particular machine, such that the one ormore computer-executable program code portions, which execute via theprocessor of the computer and/or other programmable data processingapparatus, create mechanisms for implementing the steps and/or functionsrepresented by the flowchart(s) and/or block diagram block(s).

The one or more computer-executable program code portions may be storedin a transitory and/or non-transitory computer-readable medium (e.g. amemory) that can direct, instruct, and/or cause a computer and/or otherprogrammable data processing apparatus to function in a particularmanner, such that the computer-executable program code portions storedin the computer-readable medium produce an article of manufactureincluding instruction mechanisms which implement the steps and/orfunctions specified in the flowchart(s) and/or block diagram block(s).

The one or more computer-executable program code portions may also beloaded onto a computer and/or other programmable data processingapparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on thecomputer and/or other programmable apparatus. In some embodiments, thisproduces a computer-implemented process such that the one or morecomputer-executable program code portions which execute on the computerand/or other programmable apparatus provide operational steps toimplement the steps specified in the flowchart(s) and/or the functionsspecified in the block diagram block(s). Alternatively,computer-implemented steps may be combined with, and/or replaced with,operator- and/or human-implemented steps in order to carry out anembodiment of the present invention.

Although many embodiments of the present invention have just beendescribed above, the present invention may be embodied in many differentforms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments setforth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that thisdisclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Also, it will beunderstood that, where possible, any of the advantages, features,functions, devices, and/or operational aspects of any of the embodimentsof the present invention described and/or contemplated herein may beincluded in any of the other embodiments of the present inventiondescribed and/or contemplated herein, and/or vice versa. In addition,where possible, any terms expressed in the singular form herein aremeant to also include the plural form and/or vice versa, unlessexplicitly stated otherwise. Accordingly, the terms “a” and/or “an”shall mean “one or more,” even though the phrase “one or more” is alsoused herein. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

While certain exemplary embodiments have been described and shown in theaccompanying drawings, it is to be understood that such embodiments aremerely illustrative of and not restrictive on the broad invention, andthat this invention not be limited to the specific constructions andarrangements shown and described, since various other changes,combinations, omissions, modifications and substitutions, in addition tothose set forth in the above paragraphs, are possible. Those skilled inthe art will appreciate that various adaptations, modifications, andcombinations of the just described embodiments can be configured withoutdeparting from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, it isto be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, theinvention may be practiced other than as specifically described herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system for dynamic resource allocation based onvehicle route selection, the system comprising: at least onenon-transitory storage device; and at least one processing devicecoupled to the at least one non-transitory storage device, wherein theat least one processing device is configured to: electronically receive,from an onboard computing device associated with a vehicle, an origin, adestination, and a real-time location information for a user; determineone or more initial travel routes for the user based on at least theorigin and the destination; determine one or more resource distributionentities along the one or more initial travel routes; determine one ormore resources associated with the one or more resource distributionentities; determine one or more travel routes for the user based on atleast receiving the origin and the destination, wherein determiningfurther comprises implementing one or more optimization algorithms onthe one or more initial travel routes with one or more factoringparameters, wherein the one or more factoring parameters comprisesmaximizing a value of the one or more resources associated with the oneor more resource distribution entities along the one or more travelroutes and minimizing an estimated amount of time to travel from theorigin to the destination; initiate transmission of the origin and thedestination to a computing device associated with a vehicle provider;electronically receive, from the computing device associated with thevehicle provider, availability of one or more vehicles for each of theone or more travel routes for the user; transmit control signalsconfigured to cause a computing device of the user to display the one ormore travel routes, the one or more resource distribution entities alongeach of the one or more travel routes, the one or more resourcesassociated with each of the one or more resource distribution entities,and the availability of the one or more vehicles for each of the one ormore travel routes; electronically receive, from the computing device ofthe user, input signals indicating a user selection of at least one ofthe one or more travel routes and at least one of the one or morevehicles available for the at least one of the one or more travelroutes; transmit control signals configured to cause the onboardcomputing device to display the at least one of the one or more travelroutes selected by the user; transmit the real-time location informationto a point-of-sale terminal of the one or more resource distributionentities, thereby enabling the one or more resource distributionentities to monitor the real-time location of the user; and initiate adistribution of the one or more resources associated with the one ormore resource distribution entities to the computing device of the useralong the at least one of the one or more travel routes selected by theuser.
 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processingdevice is further configured to electronically receive, from thecomputing device of the user, the origin and destination.
 3. The systemof claim 1, wherein the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: electronically receive, from the computing device of theuser, input signals indicating a user selection of at least one of theone or more resource distribution entities; and determine the one ormore travel routes based on at least the user selection of the at leastone of the one or more resource distribution entities.
 4. The system ofclaim 1, wherein the at least one processing device is furtherconfigured to: electronically receive, from the computing device of theuser, input signals indicating as user selection of one or more resourcetypes associated with the one or more resources; determine at least oneof the one or more resource distribution entities with at least one ofthe one or more resources associated with the one or more resourcetypes; and determine the one or more travel routes based on the at leastone of the one or more resource distribution entities with at least oneof the one or more resources associated with the one or more resourcetypes.
 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processingdevice is further configured to: transmit control signals configured tocause the one or more computing devices of the one or more resourcedistribution entities to receive the user selection of the at least oneof the one or more travel routes; electronically receive, from the oneor more computing devices of the one or more resource distributionentities, the one or more resources to be distributed to the user; andtransmit control signals configured to cause the computing device of theuser to receive the one or more resources.
 6. The system of claim 1,wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to:electronically receive, from the onboard computing device associatedwith the vehicle and/or the computing device of the user, the real-timelocation information of the user along the at least one of the one ormore travel routes selected by the user; determine location informationassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities along theat least one of the one or more travel routes selected by the user; andtransmit control signals configured to cause the computing deviceassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities todistribute the one or more resources when the real-time locationinformation of the user indicates that the user is within apredetermined distance from the location information associated with theone or more resource distribution entities.
 7. The system of claim 6,wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to:establish a communication link with one or more resource repositoriesassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities;electronically receive, the one or more resources from the one or moreresource repositories; and initiate a distribution of the one or moreresources from the one or more resource repositories to the computingdevice associated with the user when the real-time location informationof the user indicates that the user is within a predetermined distancefrom the location information associated with the one or more resourcedistribution entities.
 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the locationinformation associated with the one or more resource distributionentities comprises at least a location of one or more billboardadvertisements associated with the one or more resource distributionentities.
 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more resourcescomprises at least one or more offers for the one or more resourcesassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities.
 10. Acomputer-implemented method for dynamic resource allocation based onvehicle route selection, the method comprising: electronicallyreceiving, from an onboard computing device associated with a vehicle,an origin, a destination, and a real-time location information for auser; determining one or more initial travel routes for the user basedon at least the origin and the destination; determining one or moreresource distribution entities along the one or more initial travelroutes; determining one or more resources associated with the one ormore resource distribution entities; determining one or more travelroutes for the user based on at least receiving the origin and thedestination, wherein determining further comprises implementing one ormore optimization algorithms on the one or more initial travel routeswith one or more factoring parameters, wherein the one or more factoringparameters comprises maximizing a value of the one or more resourcesassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities along theone or more travel routes and minimizing an estimated amount of time totravel from the origin to the destination; initiating transmission ofthe origin and the destination to a computing device associated with avehicle provider; electronically receiving, from the computing deviceassociated with the vehicle provider, availability of one or morevehicles for each of the one or more travel routes for the user;transmitting control signals configured to cause a computing device ofthe user to display the one or more travel routes, the one or moreresource distribution entities along each of the one or more travelroutes, the one or more resources associated with each of the one ormore resource distribution entities, and the availability of the one ormore vehicles for each of the one or more travel routes; electronicallyreceiving, from the computing device of the user, input signalsindicating a user selection of at least one of the one or more travelroutes and at least one of the one or more vehicles available for the atleast one of the one or more travel routes; transmitting control signalsconfigured to cause the onboard computing device to display the at leastone of the one or more travel routes selected by the user; transmittingthe real-time location information to a point-of-sale terminal of theone or more resource distribution entities, thereby enabling the one ormore resource distribution entities to monitor the real-time location ofthe user; and initiating a distribution of the one or more resourcesassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities to thecomputing device of the user along the at least one of the one or moretravel routes selected by the user.
 11. The method of claim 10, whereinthe method further comprises electronically receiving, from thecomputing device of the user, the origin and destination.
 12. The methodof claim 10, wherein the method further comprises: electronicallyreceiving, from the computing device of the user, input signalsindicating a user selection of at least one of the one or more resourcedistribution entities; and determining the one or more travel routesbased on at least the user selection of the at least one of the one ormore resource distribution entities.
 13. The method of claim 10, whereinthe method further comprises: electronically receiving, from thecomputing device of the user, input signals indicating as user selectionof one or more resource types associated with the one or more resources;determining at least one of the one or more resource distributionentities with at least one of the one or more resources associated withthe one or more resource types; and determining the one or more travelroutes based on the at least one of the one or more resourcedistribution entities with at least one of the one or more resourcesassociated with the one or more resource types.
 14. The method of claim10, wherein the method further comprises: transmitting control signalsconfigured to cause the one or more computing devices of the one or moreresource distribution entities to receive the user selection of the atleast one of the one or more travel routes; electronically receiving,from the one or more computing devices of the one or more resourcedistribution entities, the one or more resources to be distributed tothe user; and transmitting control signals configured to cause thecomputing device of the user to receive the one or more resources. 15.The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:electronically receiving, from the onboard computing device associatedwith the vehicle and/or the computing device of the user, the real-timelocation information of the user along the at least one of the one ormore travel routes selected by the user; determining locationinformation associated with the one or more resource distributionentities along the at least one of the one or more travel routesselected by the user; and transmitting control signals configured tocause the computing device associated with the one or more resourcedistribution entities to distribute the one or more resources when thereal-time location information of the user indicates that the user iswithin a predetermined distance from the location information associatedwith the one or more resource distribution entities.
 16. A computerprogram product for dynamic resource allocation based on vehicle routeselection, the computer program product comprising a non-transitorycomputer-readable medium comprising code causing a first apparatus to:electronically receive, from an onboard computing device associated witha vehicle, an origin, a destination, and a real-time locationinformation for a user; determine one or more initial travel routes forthe user based on at least the origin and the destination; determine oneor more resource distribution entities along the one or more initialtravel routes; determine one or more resources associated with the oneor more resource distribution entities; determine one or more travelroutes for the user based on at least receiving the origin and thedestination, wherein determining further comprises implementing one ormore optimization algorithms on the one or more initial travel routeswith one or more factoring parameters, wherein the one or more factoringparameters comprises maximizing a value of the one or more resourcesassociated with the one or more resource distribution entities along theone or more travel routes and minimizing an estimated amount of time totravel from the origin to the destination; initiate transmission of theorigin and the destination to a computing device associated with avehicle provider; electronically receive, from the computing deviceassociated with the vehicle provider, availability of one or morevehicles for each of the one or more travel routes for the user;transmit control signals configured to cause a computing device of theuser to display the one or more travel routes, the one or more resourcedistribution entities along each of the one or more travel routes, theone or more resources associated with each of the one or more resourcedistribution entities, and the availability of the one or more vehiclesfor each of the one or more travel routes; electronically receive, fromthe computing device of the user, input signals indicating a userselection of at least one of the one or more travel routes and at leastone of the one or more vehicles available for the at least one of theone or more travel routes; transmit control signals configured to causethe onboard computing device to display the at least one of the one ormore travel routes selected by the user; transmit the real-time locationinformation to a point-of-sale terminal of the one or more resourcedistribution entities, thereby enabling the one or more resourcedistribution entities to monitor the real-time location of the user; andinitiate a distribution of the one or more resources associated with theone or more resource distribution entities to the computing device ofthe user along the at least one of the one or more travel routesselected by the user.